Teodorico is considered one of the lucky ones after 18 people were killed in the accident. Skyway officials said the bus was clearly speeding and might have been travelling at 120 kph before it crashed into the railing.

Vicente Garga, a witness, said he thought a bomb went off when the bus crashed to the ground.

Pepe Padilla, one of the survivors, said the bus was zigzagging before it fell off the elevated highway.

Mercy Tolentino was inconsolable at the death of his husband, a passenger of the ill-fated bus and a corporate driver who was about to retire soon.